JESS WILSON
Jess Wilson graduated in 2006 and has been living and working in London ever since. Using crayons, paints, inks and paper to create her unique illustrations and typographic works, she draws inspiration from humorous occurrences which happen around her in real life and in the media. Graduating from university with a 1st degree honours in Graphic design she started straight away getting her illustration work out there. Jess has worked with top clients producing big jobs for magazines, clothing ranges, prints, books and packaging. As well as working with clients Jess tries to get involved in as many exhibitions as possible and carrying out self initiated projects.
Jess Wilson has exhibited at the V&A and all over London as well as in Estonia and Japan.
JULIE PRITCHARD
Julie Ricker Pritchard comes to print making from a graphic design career. After more than 30 years creating design solutions for myriad industries, and since 2018 as a jigsaw puzzle designer, she brings a wealth of creative experience to this new venture. Scallop represents her first foray into the fine art process of silk screen printing. Julie’s work is colorful and strikingly simple; her interpretation of shells found along local beaches is both literal and expressive, emphasizing the dimension and unique details that reveal each shell’s remarkable journey.
HEATHER CASHMAN-LONG
Heather Long-Roise has had a resurgence in her painting by creating small portraits. She likes to express the character of her subjects in the portraits she creates by looking for hidden colors to explore throughout.
Heather has been an art teacher for 24 years in public education, where she is able to inspire little artists.
The image of the Quahog she created for the 'Mayflower 400' project was inspired by how the Quahog was used to create Wampum, a bead that was used as currency by the Wampanoag.
ALISA PARKER
This commemorative piece was created to illustrate the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s voyage across the Atlantic to found Plymouth Colony.
The focus is on the iconic emblem, the “Mayflower”, located on the ships stern. The flower with its crisp, pure white, simple petals was considered to be a symbol of spring and the month of May in England. I see it as a personification of the Pilgrims. Puritans, on a journey of hope and commitment to their pursuit of religious freedom.
Taking a mixed media approach to storytelling, I weave torn, collaged bits from the Mayflower Compact, maps of Plymouth Bay, and vintage wallpaper. These elements create the vessel where the graphic image of the Mayflower is placed upon. Using acrylic inks, paints and charcoal the ships stern is depicted to take on an antiqued, old world feel and emote the struggle and perseverance of the Pilgrim. We are grateful for our forefathers.
CALLA FOGARTY
Calla Fogarty focuses on the interaction of the natural and geometric. Each image is a collage of overgrowth, clusters, texture, and layers. She wants to encouraged the viewer to examine the work and find the gems among the chaos, for what is nature if not moments of beauty among the mess. Her work has been and continues to be influenced by her natural surroundings, things she is familiar with but seen from a new perspective. She likes to take common items and manipulate them into something slightly abstracted but familiar and relatable.
JIM CURRAN
Jim Curran is a seasoned graphic designer, illustrator and photographer from Plymouth, MA.
He studied commercial art and illustration at Butera School of Art in Boston, as well as continuing studies at New England School of Art & Design, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Jim's creative career includes several years as newspaper designer, creative advertising designer and commercial photography and retouching.
JESSIE FRIES
Jessie Fries isa self-taught artist, drawn to nature and simple rural, everyday surroundings. Her subject matter is often flowers, birds, sunsets, starry filled moonlit skies or the sea. She is attracted to these things because it expresses the wonder she feels in very existence.
In her paintings and drawings she blends bold colorful acrylics and mixed media to create texture and form as well as using warm earthly hues to create an inviting palette. Her philosophy is that art provides her with an aesthetic appreciation for the world, hoping to capture a bit of beauty and tell a story in her work.
RUSSELL MARSHALL
Russell Marshall is an award winning newspaper designer and journalist turned artist living and working in London. His work reflects 25 years in the tabloid industry. Use of color, production techniques and choice of image stem from the golden days of the red top press...when stars were really stars, when news was really news and when the best pictures and the best stories made the best front pages. Iconic images that deserve to be seen again, bold CMYK colors that leap off the pages plus the odd cheeky one liner to make you smile.